Topic: Digital Art
Are there other digital artists out there who are tired of being labelled as photographers or "other"? I DO NOT use photographs in my work, nor is it other. It is digital. I cycle electrons using a program to produce photons bouncing at your eyeballs. I do not point and click a shutterbutton; please note, I am NOT putting down artists who digitize and re-work photos, that is hard work and needs talent to do well (as does any form of expression/art). I was emailed recently by someone who was wondering where I got the base photos for my work and did not believe me when I told them there were none. *sigh* I am also an oil painter who paints straight from the brain/soulthingy, does that invalidate my work because I did not use a "real" object to paint from?
I am also a digital artist that has also worked in traditional mediums such as with oils and pencil/pencil crayon, but I work both from scratch as well and I digitally enhance photos. There is definitely a difference in my opinion. I have also been known to combine the two aspects as well.